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ARTHUR N. AMES, OF FRANKLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR TO A. N. AMES KNIT- TING- MACH-INE 00., F FRANKLIN, NEW'HAMPSHIRE, CORPORATION OF MAINE.

KNITTING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented'FebQ1L1913.

Application -filed June 26, 1911. Serial No. 635,245.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ARTHUR N. AMES, a

-citizen of the United States, residing at provide a machine which is capable with but slight adjustments, of producing a large va-- riety of stockings including not only a high spliced article as justmentioned, but also an ordinary split foot stocking having a white heel, sole and toe, an ordinary plain foot stocking with the heel and toe o the same color as the leg and foot or of different color, a one-color stocking with reinforced heel and toe with the leg knit with a double feed,-or a one-color stocking with reinforced heel and toe and with the leg and footknit with a single feed. And other varieties may be knit, as hereinafter explained.

Other objects of the invention are to pro vide a machine of this character having various improvements in the operating and controlling mechanisms, all tending to the production of a variety of kinds of-work, and to facilitate operation, increase durability,'and permit of readily made repairs.

To these ends the invention consists in the novel features of construction and peculiar mode of operation set forth in the following description and pointed out and defined inthe claims. Y

The machine herein shown is adjusted to knit a stocking having a high-spliced heel and a double sole, the heel proper and toe being as usual. In the operation of the machine the leg of the stocking down as far as the beginning of the high splice is knit with a double feed by acontinuous rotary motion of the cam cylinder, knitting two courses simultaneously, and then starting the high I splice one of, the two thread guides is thrown out and a third thread guide substituted therefor whilevthe movement of the cylinder is changed from continuous rotary to reciprocating movement, The. new thread guide at this time supplies a'double thread for knitting the high splice at the back of the ankle, while the other guide, that is, the one continued from the leg of the stocking supplies the thread for knitting the front portion of the ankle,the courses of the 4 two fabrics knit from the two feeds being interlocked at each side of the ankle in the peculiar manner described hereinafter. At the completion of the high splice the reciprocating motion of the cam cylinder is continued throughout the knitting of the heel, which is knit by narrowing and widening in the usual fashion but the machine is so constructedthat if desired an additional thread may be automaticallyadded for reinforcing the heel and toe, this reinforcing thread being thrown out or removed at the completion of the heel and toe. The machine'then knits the foot of the stocking with reciprocating motion of the cam cylinder and two feeds of thread from one of which thread feeds, the top of the foot, or instep, is knitted, and from the other the bottom of the foot or sole, the courses of the instep being interlocked with those of the sole along each side of the foot in the peculiar manner hereinafter described. The knitting of the sole of the foot is done with the same thread ordoubled thread that is used to knit the high splice, and therefore the stocking is made with a double or reinforced sole. After completing the foot of the stocking the machine knits the toe as usual, the reciprocating motion of the cam cylinder being continued until the completion of the toe. It will thus be seen that only the leg of the stocking is knit by continuous rotary motion ,ofthe cam cylinder, and that beginning with the high splice and extending to the toe the stocking is made up of two fabrics having their course inter-. locked at the sides of the stocking. Y 1 L When the machine is adjusted as illustrated in the drawings, such a stocking as shown'in Figure 1 will-be made, a being the leg, I the high splice portion of the ankle and b the front portion of the ankle, c the heel, d the sole of the foot, d the instep of the foot and e the toe. By certain adjustthe'stocking shown in Fig. 3 is an ordinary split foot stocking, the heel and toe of which may be knit the same color as, or of a differ- ,ent color than, the foot and leg. The stock- 'ing shown in Fig. 3 is an ordinary plam foot stocking with reinforced heel and toe, and with the leg and foot knit with a double or single feed. Fig. 3" shows a stocking the same as thestocking of Fig. 3 but without reinforced heel and toe.

In the accompanying drawings, Figs. 1,

' 2, 3, 3 and 3" show several different styles or kinds of stockin whichvnay be made by my improved knitting machine. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of my improved knitting machine, on a smaller scale than the succeeding figures. Fig. 5 is a front view partly broken away and in section of the lower part of'the machine shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a rear elevation of a portion of the mechanism shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective of part of the mechanism shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a section on line 88 of Fig. 5, viewed in the'direction of the arrow. Fig. 9 is a partial vertical section on a plane indicated by the arrow 9 of Fig. 5. Fig. 10 is a sectional detail showing part of the controlling devices hereinafter described. Fig. 11 is a detail relating to the mechanism for controlling the movements of the cam cylinder. Fig. 12 is a section on line 12-'12 of Fig. 5. Figs. 13 and 14 are details of parts of the belt-shifting devices. Fig. 15 1s a partial section on line 1515 of Fig. 4. Figs. 16 and 17 are views from opposite sides of one of the controller wheels hereinafter described. Fig. 18 is a section on line 18-18 of Figs. 16 and 17. Fig. 19 is an edge view of the controller wheel shown in Figs. 16 and 17. Fig. 20 is anelevation of a portion of the actuator for the wheel shown in Figs. 16 and 17. Figs. 21, 22 and 23 are details relating to the devices shown in Fig. 20. Fig. 24. illustrates the wheels of Figs. 21, 22, and 23 assembled and on a larger scale. Fig. 25 represents a section of a part of Fig. 16 and showing a jack in connection therewith. Fig. 25 illustrates one of the pawl plates. Figs. 25 and 25 illustrate two forms of jacks differing from the one shown in Fig. 25. Figs. 26 and 27 are elevations from opposite sides of the other cont-roller wheel of the machine shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 26 is a detail edge view of a portion of the wheel shown in Fig. 26. Fig. 28 is an edge View of the controller wheel of Figs. 26 and 27. Fig. 29 is a section on line 2929 of Figs. 26 and 27 Fig. 30 is a detail of the actuator for the wheel of Figs. 26 and 27 Fig. 31 is a front elevation of a portion of the machine adjacent the cam cylinder. Fig. 31% is a detail, partly in section, of a portion of Fig. 31. 'Fig. 32 is a section on the line 3232 of Fig. 31. Figs. 32*, 32 and 32 are details of the cam cylinder. Fig. 33 is a partial section on the line 33-33 of Fig. 31. Fig. 34 is a section on line 3434 of Fig. 4. Figs. 34, 34 and 34 are details hereinafter described. Figs. 35 and 36 are fragmentary details of parts shown in Fig. 34. Figs. 37, 37 38, 39, and 40 are details relating to one der. Figs. 41 to 46 inclusive are details of .the controlling devices hereinafter described for certain of t-hecams carried by the cylinder, said devices being mounted in the frame of the machine adjacent the cylinder. Fig. 47 is a section on line 4747 of Fig. 31. Figs. 48, 49 and 50 are details relating to the droppers and lifters. Fig. 51 is a development of the cam cylinder. Fig. 52 is a diagram- .of the needle controlling cams of the cylinmatic development of the cam ring hereinafter described and parts directly controlled thereby. F 1g. 53 is a partial section on line 53-53 of Fig. 34. Fig. 54 is a section on the curved line 54-54 of Fig. 53. Fig. 55 is a plan view of the latchring. Figs. 56 and 57 are details relating to the latch ring of Fig. 55. Fig. 58 is a view from the inside of the latch ring of Fig. 55, showing one of the throat plates. Fig. 59 is a section on line 59-59 of Fig. 58.

Having reference to the drawin s, 1 represents the cam cylinder to the under side of which is secured a bevel gear 2 rotatablysupported by a bed plate 3 and (Fig. 34) driven by bevel gear 4, compounded with a spur gear 4. The spur gear 4 is loosely mounted on a stud 5 and is driven by a larger gear 6 (Figs. 6 and 8). Two trains of mechanism are provided for driving the gear 6, one for imparting an oscillating motion thereto so as to reciprocate the cam cylinder, and the other so as to continuously rotate said gear and cylinder 1, in one direction. The gear 6 is made with a hub 7 (Figf 15) loosely mounted on an axle 8 with provision for limited endwise movement. The ends of the hub of gear 6 are clutch members and coiiperate with clutch members 9 and 10 both loosely mounted in bearings on the frame of the machine and loosely surrounding axle 8. Clutch member 10 has fixed to it a pinion 11 meshing with a gear 12 that is compounded with a gear 13 in mesh with a gear 14 fixed to a driving pulley 15. The pulley 15 is rotatably supported by a bearing sleeve 16 forming part of a bracket secured to the frameof the machine. This is a structural feature ofber 9 is loosely mounted on axle 8 within 

